A training session on ‘How to be a good goalkeeper’ is being organised at Major Dhyanchand Stadium. The session is being conducted by Olympic winner Adrin D’souza.
The Madhya Pradesh Men's and Women's Hockey Academy and Hockey Feeder's Sportspersons have participated in this session. The session is being attended by 32 junior players, including 20 boys and 12 girls.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen said that by providing high level training to goalkeepers of the hockey. Besides, they are being given this training with the aim of providing better performance opportunities in national and international hockey competitions.
During a week's training, Adrin D'Souza taught the tricks of goalkeeping and gave him technical knowledge of being a good goalkeeper. Adrin D'Souza, the Indian team's goalkeeper played in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, gave tips to the players.
He said that the goalkeepers should know the basic information of being a good goalkeeper. He also said that focus is very important. Goalkeeper should be aware of the penalty corners, the way to prevent penalties and movement of goalkeeper during the attack. Three years of training, including cooling down, need to be studied throughout the year, he added.
Gold medal in the 2006 Asian Games and the Asia Cup in 2007 and the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup silver medalist of the Indian Hockey team, Adrin D'Souza, said that the height of the academy's players is a basic stroke, which will make it easier to give further training.
Tushar Khankar, Chief Instructor of Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy, told that the players have learned a lot through this training. This training will prove to be quite beneficial in refining the sports talent of the players.